Study Abroad for Engineering Students

The College of Engineering offers a number of study abroad opportunities for engineering undergraduates. Engineering students can study abroad in the second semester of the sophomore year in Dresden, Germany; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Grenoble, France. These programs are structured to replicate the second semester of the sophomore year at Boston University. All majors can participate.

In Dresden, the program is offered in conjunction with the Technische Universität Dresden (TUD). There is no prior language requirement. Students start with an eight-week intensive German language course and a cultural immersion course which includes field trips to research institutions, technical museums, and companies. Engineering students take three of the following five technical courses: CAS MA 226 Differential Equations, CAS PY 313 Modern Physics, ENG BE 209 Principles of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, ENG EK 307 Electric Circuit Theory, and ENG EK 304 Thermodynamics. These courses are all taught in English and appear as Boston University courses on the Boston University transcript. The programs in Israel and France are structured in a similar fashion. Approximately 20 percent of College of Engineering students study in one of these programs each year. For more information, please contact the Study Abroad Office.